Corset-stay.



PATENTED APR. 12, 1904.

L. I.' CASSIDY. CORSET STAY,

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

LINNIE 1., OASSIDY, or. LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOIR TO WILLIAM E. OASSIDY,-OF- LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

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. srncirrca'nou forming part of Letters latent No. 757,268, dated April 12, 1904. Apphcation fllad September-19,1903}; Serial No; 173,882. on model.)

-1'0, a, whom it may concern.-

Be a known that 1, LINNIE I. oissnsi, acitizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corset-Stays, of which the 4 following is a specification.

Garments of the waist type commonly provided with. stays or stifl'eners to give the required set and maintain the same and most especially corsets are open to the objection of having the stays out through at the ends. Moreover, it is no easy task to replace a broken stay when the same becomes necessary.

This invention protects the ends of the stays way through the fabric ofthe garment and at the same time provides for the ready removal l of the'stays for any purpose, so that the garment may be laundered or a new stay substituted for a broken one when necessarywithout requiring stitching or other fastening means.

. to the following description and drawings tursof the invention are susceptible of modihereto attached. While the essential and characteristic feafication, still the preferred embodiment of the is'a vertical central section of the sameon a invention is'illustrated in the accompanying. drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion ofa corset embodying the invention. Fig. 2

. larger scale. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on ,the line X-X of Fig. 2. Flg. 4 is aperspective view of the blank from which the metal-- cap or protector is formed. 'Fig. .5=is'ja per-' spective view of the cap or protector'.jj

j-Gorrespondmg and like. parts ,are referred "to inthe following;description and. indicated in all "the views of thedrawin'gs by' th'e same reference"charactersqf garment of whatever'patternor' design pl'q with-'s ayaa l tl ie'i' is constructed hold the protector in place.

provided atone end of the blank and when folded extends over the extremity of the stay with pockets 1, fashioned in any manner, either by'spaced rows of stitching uniting plies of the goo s or *by tapes or webs stitched along their edges to the fabric of the garment. A portion of each of the pockets at any point in the length thereof is cut away, as shown at 2,

for the. purpose of facilitating'the insertion of the stay or stifl'ener or the removal of the same, as may be required. The opening2 is preferably near one end of the pockets, as this arrangement has been found to give the greatest convenience in the removal and the insertion of the stays and the best possible results.

A cap or protector 3 is located in the end of each of the pockets to receive the respective ends of the stays or stiffeners 4 to prevent the same pushing or cutting through the fabric.

The capor protector 3 may be of. any construction and secured within the pocket in any substantial manner. In the preferable construction the cap-or'protector is formed from sheet metal, the latter being cut to provide spurs which are pressed through the fabric or material of the garment and the pro- .jecting ends clenched, so as to securely hold the capin place. As shown most clearly in Fig. 4-, thesheet-metal blank is provided with two cuts 5, disposed relatively at a right angle to each other, so as to form four points which. when bent outward about at a right angle to the plane-of the blank are in "position to be pressed through the fabric or material by the application of suflicient force upon the blank, after which operation the projecting ends-are clenched, so as to firmly A tongue 6' is or stiffener andcloses the space formed between. the longitudinal edge portions of the curved outwardly away from the plane of the blan'k, soias tomaterially assist in directing thestay-or stiffener into the cap when placing th'e stay-in position in the pocket." The cap or protector isapproximately of a sizecorref sponding to a" cross-section of thelpocl z et,""so

as to insure entrance of the end of the stay; therein when said stay is entering the poeket:

' While the invention is specially and par-; ti'cularly adapted for corsets, it may beapplied:

.one end-and having crossing cuts'to form attaching-points, the longitudinal edge portions 5 of the blank being folded upon theblank, and

to any type of garment provided with stiffen:

ers or stays either for giving supporter shape to the wearer or for any other desired par pose. The invention obviates the necessity of covering the stays when the same consist of strips of steel or other spring metal and providesfor instant and ready removal of a' broken stay and also enables thestripping of acorset of its stilfeners when it'is required to launder the same or for. any purpose-requiring the limbering of the garment, so that the same may-be pliable and easily handled when undergoing the required operation.

Having l heherem described caporproteetor forthef 'purpose'sset forth consjqructedof. a sheet-metal .4 blank having a centrally disppsed tongue at said tonguewbeing folded to inclose the space formed "between the recurved longitmhnal edge portions,'substantially as set forth.

- In testimony whereof I aflix my signaturein 3 presence of two witnesses. v

I LINNIE I. CASSIDY. [L. s.] Witnesses;

J. C. RISK,

F. G. MARTIN.

thus describedthe invention,what 

